JANAKPURDHAM, Jan 27: The District Administration Office (DAO), Dhanusha, has designated 194 polling stations in the district as highly sensitive.
According to the DAO, out of the 322 polling stations in the district, 194 are classified as highly sensitive, 106 as sensitive and 22 as normal. There are 645 voting centres in the district.
The polling stations have been categorised into three groups in terms of election security following an assessment of the open border, increased voter numbers and various problems observed during past elections, according to Chief District Officer Prem Prasad Luintel.
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He said that 10 to 12 security personnel will be deployed at each polling centre. Under the leadership of the Chief District Officer, all security chiefs also participated in the monitoring of highly sensitive polling stations today.
CDO Luintel said that monitoring of polling stations close to the Nepal–India border is underway.
The Madhesh Province Election Office said there are 514,571 voters across four constituencies in Dhanusha. Among them, 276,126 are male, 238,435 are female and 10 are voters from gender and sexual minorities (other).
A total of 6,500 staff will be deployed for election purposes, and details of the deployed staff are being collected. For the House of Representatives election in Dhanusha, there are four constituencies with 142 candidates: 34 in constituency No. 2, 45 in constituency No. 3 and 37 in constituency no. 4.
